Patents by Inventor Ian Williams

Ian Williams has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Analyte detection
    Patent number: 9086407
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and/or kits for detecting an analyte in a sample. Some embodiments provide a method for detecting a non-nucleic acid analyte in a sample using a solid substrate comprising a bound immobilization agent and an antibody capture agent and a detectable agent, which can bind to the analyte. The antibody capture agent comprises, at a plurality of sites, a ligand for the immobilization agent. A complex between the analyte, the antibody capture agent and a detectable agent is formed and immobilized on the solid substrate by binding between the immobilization agent and the ligand. In some embodiments, the ligand and the immobilization agent are a binding pair comprising a peptide tag and an anti-peptide tag antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: TGR BioSciences Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Antony James Sheehan, Ronald Ian William Osmond, Michael Francis Crouch, Anthony Ross Dyer
  • Process for the manufacturing of frozen aerated products
    Patent number: 9011954
    Abstract: Frozen aerated products are produced by i) providing two separate forming elements, ii) providing at least one open cavity on a surface each forming element, iii) providing filling devices for filling said cavities with a frozen aerated material, iv) filling two cavities, one on each moulding surface, with a frozen aerated material, wherein at least one of the cavities is filled with a frozen aerated product having an overrun of between 30% and 130%, this product is then allowed to expand outside its cavity, the two cavities are then moved opposite one another and the frozen aerated product in each cavity is pressed against the frozen aerated product in the other cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen John Dyks, Vito Antonio Tricarico, Jr., Paul Edward Cheney, Ian William Burns, Leonie Martine Warmerdam, Jonkheer Theodoor Hendrik Poll van de
  • Analyte detection
    Patent number: 9005993
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and/or kits for detecting an analyte in a sample. Some embodiments provide a method for detecting a non-nucleic acid analyte in a sample using a solid substrate comprising a bound immobilization agent and an antibody capture agent and a detectable agent, which can bind to the analyte. The antibody capture agent comprises, at a plurality of sites, a ligand for the immobilization agent. A complex between the analyte, the antibody capture agent and a detectable agent is formed and immobilized on the solid substrate by binding between the immobilization agent and the ligand. In some embodiments, the ligand and the immobilization agent are a binding pair comprising a peptide tag and an anti-peptide tag antibody.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: TGR BioSciences Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Antony James Sheehan, Ronald Ian William Osmond, Michael Francis Crouch, Anthony Ross Dyer
  • Probe head for scanning the surface of a workpiece
    Patent number: 8978261
    Abstract: A measurement system has a surface sensing device mounted on an articulating probe head, which in turn is mounted on a coordinate positioning apparatus. The surface sensing device is moved relative to a surface by driving at least one of the coordinate positioning apparatus and probe head in at least one axis to scan the surface. The surface sensing device measures its distance from the surface and the probe head is driven to rotate the surface sensing device about at least one axis in order to control the relative position of the surface sensing device from the surface to within a predetermined range in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Renishaw PLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey McFarland, Kenneth Cheng Hoe Nai, Nicholas John Weston, Ian William McLean
  • AUTOMATIC AUGMENTATION OF CONTENT THROUGH AUGMENTATION SERVICES
    Publication number: 20150046827
    Abstract: A method of automatically augmenting content through augmentation services can include invoking a service to receive an entity determination based on the content and an entity container comprising an object of the content and one or more attributes of the object. The entity determination and corresponding entity container can be assigned as a marker to content being clipped. The marker can be used to enable access and actions that can be taken with respect to the clipping or the structured information augmenting the clipping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Akselrod, Donald Gordon Hardy, Pradeep Chilakamarri, Shikha Devesh Desai, Bernhard S.J. Kohlmeier, Ian William Mikutel
  • Amination process for manufacturing amines using catalyst
    Patent number: 8952198
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of an amine (particularly diamines and polyamines) by reacting an alkanolamine or a polyol with ammonia in the presence of a catalyst composed of two active metals from the group of transition metals, namely nickel and chromium supported on a microporous refractory substrate, in a hydrogenated, trickle bed reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventors: Ian Williams, John Christopher Williams, German Maya Maya-Hernandez, Lilia Patricia Hernandez Salas, Miguel Angel Lopez Guerrero
  • POWDER METAL WITH SOLID LUBRICANT AND POWDER METAL SCROLL COMPRESSOR MADE THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20150017043
    Abstract: A powder metal formulation includes a solid lubricant and is particularly useful for the production of powder metal scroll compressors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: GKN Sinter Metals, LLC
    Inventors: Ian William Donaldson, John David S. Gurosik
  • CAPTURING WEBSITE CONTENT THROUGH CAPTURE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20140380142
    Abstract: Website content curation can be performed through a capture service receiving a clipping of a web page rendered in a web browser. A clipping of at least a portion of the web page can be sent to multiple applications. The source of the clip can remain intact and be provided as part of the clipping. When a region of the web page is selected for a clip to one or more of multiple available applications, the clip can include an extended portion outside of a region specifically selected as the clip. A preview experience can be provided in which the clipping can be viewed and edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Ian William Mikutel, Jason Morrill, Eleazar Vega-Gonzalez, Shikha Devesh Desai, Yu Been Lee, Scott Kurtzeborn, Yan Lu
  • CAPTURE SERVICES THROUGH COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20140358521
    Abstract: Techniques and systems are presented for capturing content for a note through various communication channels including those for email, text, and voice. One technique includes receiving a message from a communication channel; parsing the message and determining semantic structure of the message; determining a presentation form for how the content is to be presented and used in a note from elements in the message; and inserting the message into the note according to the presentation form. Receipt of a message addressed to a uniform address may be used to indicate that the message is to be inserted into a note.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Ian William Mikutel, Jin Wang, Manish Maheshwari, Jason Morrill
  • Stepping out of an asynchronous method into its continuation in a debugger
    Patent number: 8893090
    Abstract: Stepping out of an asynchronous process. A method includes, as part of a computer program execution, at a caller, making an asynchronous function call from the caller to a callee. Associated with the asynchronous function call a continuation waits for the completion of the callee with respect to the asynchronous function call. The method further includes correlating a debugging indicator to the callee indicating that a user wishes to step out of the caller when the callee returns. An indication of completion of the callee with respect to the asynchronous function call and that a user wishes to step from the callee to the continuation is received. The debugging indicator is referenced and based on the debugging indicator execution at entry into the continuation is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian William James Halliday, Gregg Bernard Miskelly, Stephen H. Toub, Dmitry Lomov
  • DISCOVERING DATA NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20140325021
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing services that are adapted to the access networks of end users (10). By providing defined information to a residential gateway (110) and/or an access network provider (12) a service provider (18) enables the access network provider (12) to open a dedicated communications channel (20) between itself and the service provider. The service provider can use this channel to request information about the capabilities of the end user's access network as well as for requesting conditioning of data streams sent to said end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Ian William George Jenkins
  • HEATING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20140311710
    Abstract: A heating appliance having a housing which houses a water and air heating system. The water heating system includes a heat source and a first heat exchanger for transferring heat to a working fluid passing through the housing. The air heating system includes a water-to-air heat exchanger in communication with the working fluid and a source of air, for heating air using the working fluid. The housing defines an upper compartment for the heat source and first heat exchanger, and a lower compartment for the water-to-air heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson and Starley Limited
    Inventors: Tom Dee, Ian Williams, Adrian Jelley, Tim Cooper, Ken Worthing, Martin Whitlock, Glen Page
  • Amination process for manufacturing amines using catalyst
    Publication number: 20140213823
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of an amine (particularly diamines and polyamines) by reacting an alkanolamine or a polyol with ammonia in the presence of a catalyst composed of two active metals from the group of transition metals, namely nickel and chromium supported on a microporous refractory substrate, in a hydrogenated, trickle bed reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Ian Williams, John Christopher Williams, German Maya Maya-Hervandez, Lilia Patricia Hernandez Salas, Miguel Angel Lopez Guerrero
  • DELIVERY AND DISPLAY OF PAGE PREVIEWS DURING PAGE RETRIEVAL EVENTS
    Publication number: 20140136971
    Abstract: A system and process are disclosed for providing users with page previews during page loading events, such that the delay experienced before the display of page content is reduced. The previews may include screenshots of the pages or of portions thereof, and may be generated periodically and cached by the system for delivery to user devices. The process of generating and delivering the previews via the Internet or some other network may be implemented partly or wholly within an intermediary system that sits logically between the user devices and content servers. The process may be used with existing browsers without the need for any browser modifications, or may be used with a “preview-aware” browser that includes special program code for providing page previews.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Krishna Kumar, Scott Zachary Bressler, Ivan King Yu Sham, Ian William Stewart, Brett Richard Taylor, Peter Frank Hill, Aakarsh Nair, Steven Michael Reddie, Patrick Joseph Armstrong, Samuel John Young, Ameet Nirmal Vaswani, Andrew Hayden
  • SELECTIVE UPDATING OF PREVIEW CONTENT
    Publication number: 20140136951
    Abstract: A system and process are disclosed for providing users with page previews during page loading events, such that the delay experienced before the display of page content is reduced. The previews may include screenshots of the pages or of portions thereof, and may be generated periodically and cached by the system for delivery to user devices. The process of generating and delivering the previews via the Internet or some other network may be implemented partly or wholly within an intermediary system that sits logically between the user devices and content servers. The process may be used with existing browsers without the need for any browser modifications, or may be used with a “preview-aware” browser that includes special program code for providing page previews.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Krishna Kumar, Scott Zachary Bressler, Ivan King Yu Sham, Ian William Stewart, Brett Richard Taylor, Peter Frank Hill, Aakarsh Nair, Steven Michael Reddie, Patrick Joseph Armstrong, Samuel John Young, Ameet Nirmal Vaswani, Andrew Hayden
  • SEGMENTED DELIVERY OF PREVIEW CONTENT
    Publication number: 20140136973
    Abstract: A system and process are disclosed for providing users with page previews during page loading events, such that the delay experienced before the display of page content is reduced. The previews may include screenshots of the pages or of portions thereof, and may be generated periodically and cached by the system for delivery to user devices. The process of generating and delivering the previews via the Internet or some other network may be implemented partly or wholly within an intermediary system that sits logically between the user devices and content servers. The process may be used with existing browsers without the need for any browser modifications, or may be used with a “preview-aware” browser that includes special program code for providing page previews.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Krishna Kumar, Scott Zachary Bressler, Ivan King Yu Sham, Ian William Stewart, Brett Richard Taylor, Peter Frank Hill, Aakarsh Nair, Steven Michael Reddie, Patrick Joseph Armstrong, Samuel John Young, Ameet Nirmal Vaswani, Andrew Hayden
  • DETECTION OF ANALYTES
    Publication number: 20140127719
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a one-step immunoassay, in which a solid substrate is pre-coated with an immobilisation agent, and whereby the capture agent, the analyte and the detection agent are added to the solid substrate together, followed by a wash step prior to detection. Methods and kits for detecting an analyte in a sample are disclosed. The capture agent can bind the analyte and comprises a ligand for an immobilisation agent. Certain embodiments are directed to antibody capture agents and/or antibody detectable agents. Certain embodiments are directed to a ligand comprising a peptide tag and an immobilisation agent comprising an anti-peptide tag antibody. Certain embodiments are directed to detection of more than one analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: TGR BIOSCIENCES PTY LTD
    Inventors: Antony James Sheehan, Ronald Ian William Osmond, Michael Francis Crouch, Anthony Ross Dyer
  • Treatment of interstitial cystitis
    Patent number: 8591898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of an anti-NGF antibody in the treatment or prevention of pain and/or a lower urinary tract symptom (LUTS) associated with interstitial cystitis and/or painful bladder syndrome and/or bladder pain syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Ian William Mills, Stephen Charles Phillips, Arnon Rosenthal, David Peter Scholfield, David Louis Shelton
  • Authentication apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 8582088
    Abstract: Authentication apparatus (1, 100) and methods which authenticate an item (4, 110) responsive to the detection that a portion of the item has one or more predetermined characteristics, the said predetermined characteristics comprising either or both the thickness of the said portion of the item, and the thickness of one or more layers within the said portion of the item, determined by optically-based thickness measuring apparatus (6, 102-108). The item may be a product and the portion of the item may be a sheet of packaging material. The item may be a security document and the portion of the item may be a sheet of security document substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Innovia Films SARL
    Inventors: Ian William Bain, David Faichnie, Ketil Karstad
  • Grafter tool
    Patent number: D713696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Inventors: Ian William Adams, Nicholas Gledhill, Andrew Kersley